We need to talk about menstrual health at work!
Posted on June 2, 2022 at 8:53 am
This year’s theme for Menstrual Hygiene Day was #WeAreCommitted to making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030. We believe ...
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The Youth Coalition’s Menstrual Freedom Watchdog is live!
Posted on March 31, 2022 at 11:40 am
Excerpt from The Youth Coalition’s Menstrual Freedom Watchdog letter from the editors: “For this edition of the watchdog, we wanted ...
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In Standards We Trust – Building the case for international standards for menstrual products
Posted on March 10, 2022 at 1:47 pm
This research article was authored by Milena Bacalja Perianes, Mariana de la Roche, Danielle Keiser, and Nikki van de Veerdonk. It ...
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Glossary for the Global Menstrual Movement
Posted on January 18, 2022 at 2:39 pm
Language matters to every movement. The menstrual movement is no exception. Working together to break menstrual stigma and unify menstruators ...
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Could your workplace support your period better?
Posted on December 9, 2021 at 12:10 pm
Our Community of Practice (CoP) on Menstrual Health wants to understand how Dutch employers are supporting their employees that menstruate ...
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Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research
Posted on October 7, 2021 at 9:03 am
This paper by Hennegan et al., (2021) presents a definition of menstrual health developed by the Terminology Action Group of the ...
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Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research
Posted on May 19, 2021 at 8:00 am
The term “menstrual health” has seen increased use across advocacy, programming, policy, and research, but has lacked a consistent, self-contained ...
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Innovative strategies for providing menstruation-supportive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities: learning from refugee camps in Cox’s bazar, Bangladesh
Posted on April 1, 2021 at 11:06 am
Background There is growing attention to addressing the menstrual hygiene management (MHM) needs of the over 21 million displaced adolescent ...
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Learning & Growing from Scotland’s New Anti-‘Period Poverty’ Policy Precedent
Posted on February 4, 2021 at 10:44 am
A historic day in period policy history On November 24th, 2020, the Scottish Parliament announced its unanimous decision to make menstrual products, ...
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Menstrual Health: Learnings from the Ritu Programme in Bangladesh
Posted on January 28, 2021 at 2:38 pm
This online meeting, on “Menstrual Health: Learnings from the Ritu Programme in Bangladesh” took place on the 3rd of December ...
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